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Mentally ill Briton is sentenced to death for blasphemy in Mentally ill Pakistan for insulting Psychotic Mohammedan Prophet

A mentally ill British man has been sentenced to death in Pakistan after writing letters claiming he is a prophet, his lawyers said today.

Muhammad Asghar from Edinburgh was found guilty of blasphemy, a crime punishable by death, in the city of Rawalpindi, neighbouring the capital Islamabad.Despite his history of mental illness, the 68-year-old’s lawyers were barred from the courtroom partway through the trial, the firm said on Friday.